The Large Dangerous Rocket Ships DVD appeals to anyone who remembers the child-like joy of building rockets. And they donít come bigger, wilder or crazier than those at the 29th annual LDRS in California. The LDRS video features the rockets and personalities that make the event great viewing.

In the Large Dangerous Rocket Ships DVD, Kari Byron (MythBusters) hosts the 29th Annual LDRS, the premiere event in high-power rocketry. The event is simply known as Large Dangerous Rocket Ships, and that's just what it is. The LDRS video follows the most fearless and hardcore amateur rocket builders from every corner of the globe as they launch the biggest, the baddest and most cutting-edge and innovative homemade rockets in the galaxy.

The LDRS video features the crowds of Rocket enthusiasts who gather in Lucerne Valley, California, to watch hundreds of "flyers" launch more than 2,000 rockets into the sky. The rockets go so high, in fact, that the FAA is left no choice but to divert all air traffic around the entire event. The LDRS DVD follows wild drag races where countless rockets all speed into the sky at once. There's a race to 1,000 ft and even a low altitude contest that opens up the competition to unconventional rockets of all shapes and sizes (think flying port-a-potties and washer/dryers). From Science Channel DVDs come the insane science and process behind these machines to the crazy characters and personalities who create them, to the history, stakes, and rivalry of the event, thousands of rockets will light up the sky, but only the fastest-flying will be crowned king of L.D.R.S.

Buy the Large Dangerous Rocket Ships DVD, and bring home the riotous fun of high-flying rockets and the personalities behind them.

I hope they cover the LDRS competition again and let Kari host. My son (he's 4) LOVES rockets. And he loves Mythbusters, specifically he has a crush on Kari. Put the two together and you have a DVD that is watched several times a week in our house. The competition itself is not as exciting as it could have been, but the show is done in an entertaining enough way that you enjoy watching even though the actual rocket launches themselves are often disappointing. I think they could have covered more of the competition - there are many events only mentioned in passing, but overall, this is pretty entertaining stuff. Especially if you have younger kids who are into rockets.

This was a good introduction to the field of Advanced Model Rocketry. Although it only quickly went over the basics of rocketry, almost none of the Physics, it still whetted my appitite for rockets that are larger, and much more powerful, than the Estes models rockets I built as a child. I plan to use this video, and any additional versions, in my Physics classes. I think my students will love it.

This should be titled DSC at LDRS29, because it is mainly about the Discovery Channel events and is not documentary of LDRS29. The DVD tries to show some sort of competition between the fliers and misses the great cooperation that is actually present. It would be nice to show several of the projects from start to recovery and data analysis. This DVD is very superficial and really misses what happened at LDRS.

Also, there are no special features with the extra footage that was shot.

I was hoping this was a DVD of a show called Rocket Challenge that Discovery ran several years ago. It isn't. But it seems to cover the same rocketry event. The earlier show gave details on the contest that are lacking in the current one. It is always nice to see Kari Byron, but worn cutoff jeans don't suit her. Whoever directed the LDRS show must have encouraged people to act goofy for the camera. That makes it less enjoyable than it could be. This show doesn't mention the "fly a bowling ball" event the other one featured. I would have liked an update on that. But, the rocket "drag race" is a new and entertaining event. If Discovery releases another LDRS disk next year -- yes, I will buy it.